A Poppy
A Poppy

Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Sandown -
- (Sandown High School) J Davey Memorial -

Location

In the grounds of Sandown High School, Lake, Isle of Wight
 
See map on www.streetmap.co.uk
 
National Inventory of War Memorials Record

Link : NIWM Reference 40843
 
Description

A plaque on a brick plinth to commemorate Pilot Officer J A J Davey, who crashed nearby on 11th August 1940.

The plaque was unveiled August 1993.

Pilot Officer Davey is buried in Sandown Cemetery. Headstone details.

[Memorial has not been visited or recorded by Memorials in Isle of Wight team]
Memorial

Sandown : J A J Davey memorial
 
Sandown : J A J Davey memorial
 
Inscription


IN MEMORY OF
PILOT OFFICER J A J DAVEY R.A.F.
LOST HIS LIFE CRASHLANDING NEARBY
11.8.1940
ONE OF THE FEW


Further Information
 
J A J Davey CWGC record ...

 
Pilot Officer Davey is also commemorated on the Battle of Britain Memorial unveiled in 2005 on the Embankment, London.
 
London : J A J Davey on Battle of Britain memorial
P/O J A J Davey, Battle of Britain Memorial, London


 


 
 

 
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